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Hello again folks,
I have recently got PhotoShop 6.0 and Im trying to learn the basics of how to use it.
I have been working on a menu for my website today, and ran into a problem. I have designed the main part of the menu and after adding some text I went back to do some minor changes, but now I cannot use the "Fill" function when I make a selection, it just doesn't do the filling, does anyone know what I might have done...?

Oh, and a more general question, when you guys make things like a menu, do you make the menu completely done the way you want it to appear and then use an image map program for the different links etc or?

Do you have the correct layer selected? When you build projects in Photoshop 6, it uses layers (i.e. text is one layer, image 1 is another layer, etc.). So if text is the last thing you did, then it is currently the selected default layer. Here's what to do:

Step 1: Start Photoshop 6.0 and reopen your project.

Step 2: Select Window from the top layer then "Show Layers". This will bring up the layers menu. The separate layers contain names like Layer 1, Layer 2, Background, etc. and each shows little images of what the layer consists of.

Step 3: Select the layer - in the layer menu - that has the portion you want to change (for example, if it is the background you want to fill then select the layer named Background).

Step4: Now select your fill tool and try it on your image. It should work this time.

I've made the menu (or the buttons) and wanted to make a graphic on top of the buttons (take a look at This Screen shot). You can see the layer called Curve which is the new layer I made for the graphic, and I placed an oval on it as you can see, and wanted to Fill that oval with a color. That is the part that does not work anymore. I do get the box up where you choose what to fill with (background/foreground color, pattern etc), but when I hit okay, it just doesn't do anything?
Someone told me that this would happen sometimes if you had previously added text. He said to right-click and click Render Layer but I have no such choice. Im thinking he may have had an earlier version of PS.